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If you’re the sort of person who spends most of your time sourcing, preparing and dreaming about food, writing is a great way to share your knowledge and passion. Whether you want to spread your love of a particular cuisine, offer nutritional tips, or share your home-cooked recipes with the world, this interactive course will help you get started as a food writer or blogger.

Award-winning Guardian food writer Felicity Cloake will teach you how to write about food to a high standard and pitch your story ideas to editors. You’ll learn the key skills of effective food coverage, including how to write sparkling content and irresistible recipes. You’ll also take part in practical exercises to put your new skills to work, and learn how to use social media to spread the word about your writing, recipes and passion.

Content

The craft of good writing – structure, rhythm and language

How to find your style as a food writer

The nuts and bolts of recipe-writing – from selling the dish to the reader, to writing a foolproof method

Popular formats and how to use them, including features, interviews, recipes, topical pieces and more

Career vs hobby – exploring different types of food writing

Food blogging – how to take the plunge online

The science of recipe-writing

The importance of self-editing

Getting serious – how to pitch ideas to editors

Practical writing exercises to help you improve your writing technique and style

Q&A and discussion

Tutor profile

Felicity Cloake writes the Guardian’s How to Make the Perfect column, and is the author of three recipe books: Perfect, Perfect Too, and Perfect Host. She’s also a freelance journalist and food columnist for the New Statesman. In 2011, Felicity won the Guild of Food Writers New Media and Food Writer of the Year awards. Read Felicity’s writing for the Guardian here.

Testimonials

Felicity was encouraging to everyone – an excellent climate for beginners

Felicity Cloake was a delight

Fantastically engaging

Details

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